Hawaii does have some decent pizza. This evening, we picked up one from a hole-in-the-wall takeout place called Slice of Waikiki. One of our favorite pizzas, named “Death by Meat.”
As a sidenote, though I’ve only been to Ohio once by way of a day stop in Cleveland (and I wouldn’t recommend it), I’ve heard of Pizza King, and I understand they serve a “stromboli” that, unlike the rolled-up pizza that that name refers to elsewhere, is actually a sort of Italian sausage chili-cheese sub sandwich.
I suppose that might count as a “type of pizza”.
Is “supreme” a standard set of toppings, like “Hawaiian”? I’m not familiar with it. Pepperoni, onion, and pepper?
I don’t know about a fixed standard but usually includes pepperoni, ground sausage, onions, green peppers, black olives. Other toppings frequently appear in a “supreme” like mushrooms, ham, bacon.
As for “supreme” pizza, that seems to be a mainstay of Pizza Hut. That’s where I learned it. Good stuff it is too.
One of the first types of pizza introduced to the US was Trenton style tomato pie. It’s basically like New York style pizza except the sauce is on top. You can find it in the Trenton area as well as around Philly.
As a pizza lover, I sometimes think it would be cool to travel around North America to sample different cities’ pizza. I’m particularly interested in Rust Belt pizza: Detroit, Toledo, and St. Louis. I’ve heard New Haven style’s pretty good as well. I’ve had Philly (I guess) and New York pizza, couldn’t tell you the difference.
That’s what I was referring to when I said NYC and Philly pizzas were similar (in my view anyhoo) - the tomato pies. You see 'em around Jersey, near NYC and Philly. Maybe there are different styles of “New York” pizza?
I wouldn’t count it as a style per se, but my adopted hometown of Olympia, WA has a signature pizza topping - cashews. It was introduced in the '70s at a long-running Italian family restaurant called “Dirty Dave’s” and has become a fixture at all the other non-chain pizzerias in town. (It’s also popular in Woodlands, CA, where the eponymous Dirty Dave also owned a bar/restaurant before moving north.) According to the restaurant it was inspired by a very drunk patron who asked for a packet of bar nuts while eating a pizza, spilled the nuts on the pizza, and kept eating it anyway.
Oh, that sounds yummy. Is it normally a singular topping or paired with something else? Should I assume a pie with red sauce and cheese as a base? I’ve had nuts on pizza before, and they can be quite good.
The signature pizza at Dirty Dave’s is pepperoni, sausage, onion, and cashews, with a red sauce/mozzarella base. Another place in town uses them on a sausage alfredo pizza, which is also very good.
New York style we were mightily impressed with. I remember flying from Bangkok to New York, an epic journey, and by the time we had checked into our Upper West Side hotel, we were exhausted. The wife just collapsed, and I went out to find something to bring back to eat. I ordered a pizza in a deli a block away. Man, that fucker was HUGE! It accounted for I think it was three meals for us.
There is a ton of really bad pizza in NYC. I don’t know if that’s considered a style. There are a lot of gems too.
i have learned these days little Caesar’s pizza doesn’t qualify as pizza nor edible food …
It’s cheap, though…for a reason, lol
20 years ago, those Stouffer French Bread pizzas were almost a staple of any grocery store visit. We stopped eating them when bread became public enemy number one. I tried one a few months ago, and I can’t figure out why we liked them so much in the past. There are tastier things in the freezer compartment that allow me to burn my mouth on hot cheese.
I used to buy those as well, but they’re really not good.
Otherwise known as a Gay 90s. Add ortega chilis and you have an Ort’s Special, which has been a house specialty at Gay 90’s Pizza in Redlands, CA since the early 60s. Gay’s was the inspiration for Cheers. The Charles boys went to the University of Redlands and hung out there a lot (like every other student in town over the decades.)
Dave was a former owner of Gays, so that figures.
Yes, I mistakenly said “Woodlands” instead of “Redlands” earlier.
Dirty Dave’s in Olympia was originally called “Dirty Dave’s Gay '90s”, but that part of the name was dropped about 10 years ago or so.
Uh…no, it wasn’t. Bull and Finch in Boston’s.
Lots more cites saying the same thing. Boston, Bull and Finch.